I might as well ask wile i'm here i have been looking in to getting the Astro A40 Audio System witch is the A40s + The mix amp.
Witch will set me back around 300 USD Or 230 Euros the most i will ever pay for a headset.

But is it possible to get a cheaper and better deal going with a pair of headphones and a stand alone mic.
Its a + if they look good as well the main reason im considering getting a pair of A40s is cause well

A i haven't really heard any thing bad about them
And
B they are really smexy looking
im just not sure if they are worth the price tag

I might as well ask wile i'm here i have been looking in to getting the Astro A40 Audio System witch is the A40s + The mix amp.
Witch will set me back around 300 USD Or 230 Euros the most i will ever pay for a headset.

But is it possible to get a cheaper and better deal going with a pair of headphones and a stand alone mic.
Its a + if they look good as well the main reason im considering getting a pair of A40s is cause well

A i haven't really heard any thing bad about them
And
B they are really smexy looking
im just not sure if they are worth the price tag

They arent. You havent heard bad things about them because people reviewing them dont want to lose traffic / free samples.

The mixamp, initself, is an alright buy, if you do multiplatform gaming, but you can save your self the trouble and get a DAC/AMP combo if you game on PC, exclusively.
They list the transducer, that's alright, but they dont list the transducer size, which leaves us guessing.
The frequency response they've listed, yeah, but you dont list spikes, frequency response described like this is meaningless. Now this has been measured -

This tells us that they have elevated bass, recessed high mids and low highs and an excess of high frequencies. This does not tell us anything beyond that, you need square wave response to tell what the exact case is.

Impedance is not a factor here since it comes with it's own powering unit - the mixamp.
It's rather weighty for what it is, i find 300 grams to be alot.
The rest is not saying much either, the microphone is great, that may be, but it's no better than a modmic.

And the fact of the matter is that this thing runs you 300 dollars, you should atleast give it a go at a store and compare it to some actual headphones before you decide on what you want, you dont want to blindly purchase something that expensive off the internet without having first hand experience just because of the marketing put out about it, atleast that's how it should be.

Unless you live in a small town, chances are you have an audio store in your city - go for it, try some sennheiser, some AKGs some beyers, some shures , some denons and then go to a tech store or a gaming store that has peripherals and then try the astro ( you're bound to find one )

Unless you live in a small town, chances are you have an audio store in your city - go for it, try some sennheiser, some AKGs some beyers, some shures , some denons and then go to a tech store or a gaming store that has peripherals and then try the astro ( you're bound to find one )

That's the problem i live in the middle of flipping no where the closes city is like 2hrs and 30 min drive away from me.
And we don't really have any audio stores unless i want to drive in to the big city witch is another 1hr20 away.
For the few stores i have close by they only sell like cheap and crappy 10euro headsets.

So its not really ideal for me to drive around and try them out if i even manage to find a store that sells proper headphones / headsets in the first place.
Witch is why i hoped i could get some suggestions on headsets / headphones + mic and just order them online.
Sense if i don't like them i can always send them back for a full refund.

I like it, decent considering it's wireless, but I usually keep it plugged in so I don't get the annoying beeping once it's low on battery. The headband isn't the most comfortable thing either, but again. Not the worst.